Understanding House Cleaning Costs: What You Should Know

When you are looking for a local cleaning service company, cost can be an important factor. There are a variety of things that affect the cost of a cleaning service, including:

• Size of the home
• Number of people that live in the home
• How often the home is cleaned
• Pets
• And much more

These factors need to be considered when a house cleaning service is providing you with a quote.

How House Cleaning Price Estimates Are Calculated

To create a custom cleaning plan and cost estimate, we start with the configuration of your home and use standardized times based on historical data to build a base cleaning time estimate for your home. We consider the number of bathrooms, bedrooms, people, and pets living in the home.

We then apply factors such as the square footage of your home and cleaning frequency to dial in the price and create an accurate quote.

Better Life Maids has upfront and transparent pricing. Request a custom home cleaning estimate for your St. Louis or St. Charles home with our easy online form, or call 314-288-0659.

Cleaning Frequency Can Affect House Cleaning Costs

How often a house is cleaned has a direct effect on the price of the cleaning service.

Better Life Maids has 2 levels of cleaning:

1. Deep Cleaning
2. Maintenance Cleaning

Deep cleaning will generally cost 2-3 times more than maintenance cleaning, but that is because we are allocating 2-3 times the labor to clean your home because we spend a great deal of time catching up on any deferred cleaning, or cleaning that hasn’t been done for a while. Once you have a deep clean done, it is much easier to keep up your home with maintenance cleaning.

Spread Out the Cost of a Deep Cleaning Visit

Many cleaning companies will require that a first cleaning visit be a deep clean, but Better Life Maids gives all new customers the option to have us do a one-time deep clean during the first clean or catch up on cleaning over time and skip the higher cost of the first-time deep clean.

Learn more about how we create a custom cleaning plan for your home using Our Processes, Your Preferences.

Angela Ricketts Owner

Angela Ricketts is the founder of Better Life Home Cleaning and the heart behind its mission to improve lives through healthier, happier homes. Inspired by her grandmother’s passion for a clean and peaceful space, Angela turned that legacy into a modern, eco-conscious cleaning company that puts people first. As a dedicated leader and visionary, she built Better Life Home Cleaning alongside her husband and business partner, Matt, creating an award-winning team that delivers consistently exceptional service. Angela’s commitment to quality, community, and meaningful work continues to shape a company that doesn’t just clean homes—it helps people live better lives.

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